Wardrobe-trunk.



G. H. WHEARY.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1915.

1,172,232. I Patented Feb. 15,1916.

WITNESS/E15 K 3 M g ZL/V VE/V TU I ATTU/Q/VE Y5 GEORGE HENRY WHEABY, OFRACINE, XVISCONSIN.

WARDROBE-TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

Application filed February 20, 1915. S.eria1No. 9,565.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY \Vnnanr, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county ofRacine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvementsin \Vardrobe- Trunks, of which the following is a description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which area part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to inn'n'ovements in wardrobe trunks.

Many of the wardrobe trunks now on the market rest upon one end and aredivided vertically, medially into two hinged together sections, theupper end of one of said sections being open and provided with a hingedend top cover. In construction of this kind the closed end section isusually provided with drawers which may be pulled outwardly to gainaccess to the contents therein when the trunk sections are in openposition. Other forms of wardrobe trun rs have the upper ends of bothtrunk sections open I and the said ends are covered by a top cover whichis hinged to one of the sections and extends over both sections when inclosed position. Both of these forms of trunk constructions areobjectionable from many points of view due to the fact that in the firstform mentioned it is necessary to swing the trunk sections to openposition in order to gain access to the upper drawer of the closed upperend of the trunk. In the second form of trunk described the single topcover covering both upper open ends is necessarily comparatively largeand heavy, and is therefore difficult to swing upwardly to openposition. Also when in open position if the cover should accidentallyswing downwardly to closed position there is the liability of injury tothe user due to the weight and size of this form of. cover.

It is one of the objects of this invention to overcome the beforementioned obj ectionable features While possessing the points of advantage of both forms of trunks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe trunk inwhich both trunk sections have open upper ends which are closed by a topcover formed in two parts, one part of which may be independently swungto open positlon.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe trunk inwhich the top cover is formed in two parts hinged together and one ofthe parts is in turn hinged to one of the trunk sections so that one orboth sections may be opened at the same time without swinging the trunksections to open position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe trunk havinga drawer mounted in the upper portion of one of the sect-ions to whichaccess may be had by pulling the drawer outwardly or by lifting the topcover of the trunk.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe trunk havinga top cover formed in two parts which is adapted to lock the trunksections together when in closed position.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe trunk whichis of simple construction, is strong and durable and is well adapted forthe purpose described. \Vith the above and other objects in view theinvention consists of the improved ardrobe trunkand its partsand'combinations as set forth in the claims and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views: Figure 1 is a front view ofthe trunk, a portion of the cover being indicated as in open position bydotted lines; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the upper portion of the improvedwardrobe trunk, the top cover being shown in open position; Fig. 3 is atop view of the trunk with the top cover shown in open position and thetrunk sections shown in partly open position; Fig. 4.- is an inside Viewof the drawer section of the trunk.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 indicates the body or drawersection and 6 the wardrobe section hinged thereto along its rearvertical edge. Both sections have upper open ends closed by a top cover7 which is formed of an inner portion 8 and an outer portion 9 hingedtogether along their adjacent edges by hinges 10. The junction 11 of thetwo portions of the cover oo-incides with the line of junction 12 of thetrunk sections so that when said sec tions are in closed position theouter portion of the top cover may be swung upwardly to gain access tothe wardrobe section of the trunk. The wardrobe section is provided withthe usual garment hangers 13 and sup porting tracks 14. The lower rearedge of the inner portion 8 of the top cover is con nected to the bodysection 5 of the trunk by hinges 15 so that both portions of the covermay be swung to open position in the same manner as if the top cover wasin one piece or the outer portion may be first swung over upon the innerportion and both portions then swung upwardly in the manner indicated inFigs. 2 and 8.

The body section of the trunk is provided portions are also providedwith depending flanges 21 which overlap the upper edge portions of thevertical walls of the trunk sections. This overlapping construction ofthe parts serves to reinforce the parts and brace one part w'th respectto another part and forms a strong structure when in closed position.The outer top cover portion of the trunk is provided with an inside pad22 into which the garment hangers 13 andgarments draped thereon embedwhen the top cover is in closed position and thus hold the garments frombecoming disarranged during the transportation of the trunk.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the wardrobe trunkis of simple construction and is well adapted for the purpose described.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a two section trunk member each sectionof which has an open end, and a two part cover for said open ends, onepart of said cover being hinged to one of the sections.

2. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a two section trunk member having upperopen ends, and a two part top cover member covering the open ends, oneof the parts of said cover having a hinged connection with one of saidtrunk sections.

3. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a two section hinged together trunkmember hav ing upper open ends, and a two part hinged together top coverhinged to one of the sections and covering both open ends to permit oneof the cover parts to be swung to open position while the other coverpart remains in closed position.

4. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a body section, a wardrobe sectionhinged-thereto,

both sections having upper open ends, an inner cover hinged to the bodysection and covering the open end thereof, and an outer cover hinged tothe inner cover and covering the open end of the wardrobe section.

5. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a body section having an upper open end,a drawer mounted in said section, and projecting upwardly above theupper portion of the section, an inner top cover part hinged to thesection and provided with side flanges which overlap the projectingportion of the drawer, a wardrobe section hinged to the body section andhaving an upper open end provided with a collar, and an outer top coverhinged to the inner top cover and provided with side flanges whichoverlap the collar of the wardrobe section.

6. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a body section having an upper open end,a drawer mounted in said section and pro ecting upwardly above the upperportion of the section, an inner top cover part hinged tothe section andprovided with side flanges which overlap the projecting portion ofthedrawer,

a wardrobe section hinged to the body section and having an upper openend provided with a collar, hanger t 'acks mounted within and adjacentthe open end of the wardrobe section, garment hangers slidably mountedthereon, an outer top cover hinged to the inner top cover and providedwith side flanges which overlap the collar of the wardrobe section, anda pad interposed be tween the outer top cover and the garment hangersand into which the garment hangers embed when the trunk partsarein'closed position.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE HENRY VHEARY. Witnesses:

ANNA M. NELSON, AL. A. BITTER.

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